#lottery

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty. ↗

— Adam Smith

#adventure #approach #certain #certainty #greater

I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

#award #back #being #best #call

We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#be patient #contracts #decided #either #expect

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#chances #could #dad #equivalent #ever

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. ↗

— Cecil Rhodes

#englishman #first #life #lottery #prize

Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#fortunate #fortune #improving-chances #lottery #luck

Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete. ↗

— Linford Christie

#athletes #earning #funding #getting #had

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune. ↗

— Dick Gephardt

#good #good fortune #life #lottery #moral

The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck. ↗

— Bob Goodlatte

#chosen #each #given #lottery #luck

It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#depends #difficult #grass #how #lottery